TIA responds:
Hello T.F.,
If Pope Francis were to impose his wrong decision to give Communion to divorced and remarried Catholics, he certainly would go against the bi-millennial Magisterium of the Church and induce many people to profane the Holy Eucharist. We can discuss whether or not this is heresy, but this is clearly a grave rupture with the whole past tradition of the Church, which demanded that the recipients of Communion be in the state of sanctifying grace.
Now, regarding the question whether he stops being a Pope because of this, let us put the matter into perspective. We have witnessed conciliar Popes who for about 50 years have been preaching that all religions lead to salvation, which is an obvious heresy – the heresy of universal salvation, directed opposed to the dogma that only the Catholic Church leads to salvation – extra Ecclesiam nulla salus. This is only one of the heresies defended by the Popes after 1958.
As we affirmed in the previous answer, we defend that a Pope can adhere to a heresy and still continue to be a Pope, maintaining his power of jurisdiction and power of order. On other occasions, we have pointed out many cases in History where precedents of this situation occurred (here, here and here).
The conclusion is that, essentially speaking, the fact that Francis imposes his Communion for divorced and remarried Catholics does not create a new situation. We resistant Catholics have had to face similar situations in the teaching of dogmatic doctrine, in the liturgy, in canon law, in exegesis, in social doctrine etc. So, this grave contradiction of Francis is an unfolding consequence of the same Progressivism, in this case in moral doctrine.
If the previous conciliar Popes continued to be Popes after all they did in other fields, the fact of having a new moral development of the same error does not change the essence of the situation: He continues to be Pope, but should be resisted in his bad teaching.
This is our answer to your question.
Cordially,
TIA correspondence desk
